Olle W Andreasson began a workshop in his home town of Fällekroken (Farstorp) repairing chainsaws and the like, and before long was repairing and revamping motorcycles. The first OWA machines were sold to young local riders, and by 1964 OWA motorcycles began to appear in major races. BSA engines were employed, and then Flink, before gaining access to Husqvarna parts and building modified Silver Arrow engines for his racers. In 1965, using one of these engines, Bengt-Arne Bonn took the Junior Swedish Nationals.
Olle was progressing with a new engine when the top end disappeared from the workshop. That project came to a halt as a result. A whole new engine using Flink, HVA and DKW parts was constructed, and this did quite well.
Husqvarna was impressed with Olle's ideas, and used some of them to build a new 8-speed engine.
Source: Lindstrom MX
N.B. There is another OWA built in the 1920s in Austria: ÖWA
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